The Fantasy Pod of the Nine

Episode 28: A Little Hatred (Part 1/3)

Welcome again, one and all, to The Fantasy Pod the Nine! A biweekly show where we tackle a variety of fantasy series from a diverse selection of authors and sub-genres.   WE'RE BACK!! Today, we’re joining up with a New Generation of Point-of-View Characters, poised to inherit a world on the brink of monumental change in part one of Joe Abercrombie’s Age of Madness trilogy... A Little Hatred!! - - - - - - - -  Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com Or visit us over on Blue Sky: @fantasypod.bsky.social  [https://bsky.app/profile/fantasypod.bsky.social] You can find Eddy at his Substack at RadicalEdward.substack.com [https://radicaledward.substack.com/]/ ALSO! Check out Eddy's latest foray into Kickstarter with this kickass campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erathke/briar-bay-a-mork-borg-zine And of course you can find Joe at most social media @JoeMOwens [https://x.com/JoeMOwens] [n.b. with whatever suffiix said platforms employ, e.g. ".bsky.social" for Blue Sky, etc.] (Chapter number references via the Library of Congress [https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028499.html#:~:text=Table%20of%20Contents%20Chapter%201,46%20The%20Tools%20We%20Have] catalog and The First Law Wiki [https://firstlaw.fandom.com/wiki/Before_They_Are_Hanged].) Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com

Episode 27: A FPot9 x Wolf Pod Crossover Extravaganza!

Welcome again, one and all, to The Fantasy Pod the Nine-meets-Wolf Pod Crossover Extravaganza! The FPot9 is a biweekly show where we tackle a variety of fantasy series from a diverse selection of authors and sub-genres. The Wolf Podcast [https://radicaledward.substack.com/p/episode-059-franz-kafka-are-literary?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=490678&post_id=189261354&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card_play_button&r=7qkb6&triedRedirect=true] is a show where Kyle Muntz and Eddy Rathke analyze and discuss a short story by an author, sometimes [even] with that author! Today, we're making one last pit stop where we're "stick them with the pointy end!" again, but this time, we brought along a friend—The Professor, Kyle Muntz! Today we're going to take a longer, more in-depth look at just a single story from Joe Abercrombie’s Sharp Ends, in... "Two's Company!" - - - - - - - -  Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com Or visit us over on Blue Sky: @fantasypod.bsky.social  [https://bsky.app/profile/fantasypod.bsky.social] You can find Kyle Muntz at his TikTok @KyleMuntz1 [https://www.tiktok.com/@kylemuntz1] and/or his novels RIGHT HERE!!  [https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kyle-Muntz/author/B003L8CNJY?ccs_id=631541d8-471e-49d6-9544-1ec14c6667a7] You can find Eddy at his Substack at RadicalEdward.substack.com [https://radicaledward.substack.com/]/ ALSO! Check out Eddy's latest foray into Kickstarter with this kickass campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erathke/briar-bay-a-mork-borg-zine And of course you can find Joe at most social media @JoeMOwens [https://x.com/JoeMOwens] [n.b. with whatever suffiix said platforms employ, e.g. ".bsky.social" for Blue Sky, etc.] (Chapter number references via the Library of Congress [https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028499.html#:~:text=Table%20of%20Contents%20Chapter%201,46%20The%20Tools%20We%20Have] catalog and The First Law Wiki [https://firstlaw.fandom.com/wiki/Before_They_Are_Hanged].) Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com

Episode 26: Sharp Ends (Part 1/1)

Welcome again, one and all, to The Fantasy Pod the Nine! A biweekly show where we tackle a variety of fantasy series from a diverse selection of authors and sub-genres.   Today, we're traveling the whole of the Circle of the World, finding foes for whom we proceed to take heed of the age-old fantasy adage and "stick them with the pointy end!" as we cover the only short story collection of the First Law in Joe Abercrombie’s... Sharp Ends!! —Covering all stories— - - - - - - - -  Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com Or visit us over on Blue Sky: @fantasypod.bsky.social  [https://bsky.app/profile/fantasypod.bsky.social] You can find Eddy at his Substack at RadicalEdward.substack.com [https://radicaledward.substack.com/]/ ALSO! Check out Eddy's latest foray into Kickstarter with this kickass campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erathke/briar-bay-a-mork-borg-zine And of course you can find Joe at most social media @JoeMOwens [https://x.com/JoeMOwens] [n.b. with whatever suffiix said platforms employ, e.g. ".bsky.social" for Blue Sky, etc.] (Chapter number references via the Library of Congress [https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028499.html#:~:text=Table%20of%20Contents%20Chapter%201,46%20The%20Tools%20We%20Have] catalog and The First Law Wiki [https://firstlaw.fandom.com/wiki/Before_They_Are_Hanged].) Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com

Episode 25: Red Country (Part 2/2)

Welcome again, one and all, to The Fantasy Pod the Nine! A biweekly show where we tackle a variety of fantasy series from a diverse selection of authors and sub-genres.   We're bravely soldiering on through the world of the First Law with the third book of Joe Abercrombie’s second grimdark trilogy—still trekking through parts both unknown and untraveled, beyond the bounds of empire in... Red Country!! —Covering chapters 23 through 43— - - - - - - - -  Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com Or visit us over on Blue Sky: @fantasypod.bsky.social  [https://bsky.app/profile/fantasypod.bsky.social] You can find Eddy at his Substack at RadicalEdward.substack.com [https://radicaledward.substack.com/]/ ALSO! Check out Eddy's latest foray into Kickstarter with this kickass campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erathke/briar-bay-a-mork-borg-zine And of course you can find Joe at most social media @JoeMOwens [https://x.com/JoeMOwens] [n.b. with whatever suffiix said platforms employ, e.g. ".bsky.social" for Blue Sky, etc.] (Chapter number references via the Library of Congress [https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028499.html#:~:text=Table%20of%20Contents%20Chapter%201,46%20The%20Tools%20We%20Have] catalog and The First Law Wiki [https://firstlaw.fandom.com/wiki/Before_They_Are_Hanged].) Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com

Episode 24: Red Country (Part 1/2)

Welcome again, one and all, to The Fantasy Pod the Nine! A biweekly show where we tackle a variety of fantasy series from a diverse selection of authors and sub-genres.   We bravely soldier on through the world of the First Law with our third book of Joe Abercrombie’s second grimdark trilogy—now trekking through parts both unknown and untraveled, beyond the bounds of empire in... Red Country!! —Covering chapters 1 through 22— - - - - - - - -  Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com Or visit us over on Blue Sky: @fantasypod.bsky.social  [https://bsky.app/profile/fantasypod.bsky.social] You can find Eddy at his Substack at RadicalEdward.substack.com [https://radicaledward.substack.com/]/ ALSO! Check out Eddy's latest foray into Kickstarter with this kickass campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erathke/briar-bay-a-mork-borg-zine And of course you can find Joe at most social media @JoeMOwens [https://x.com/JoeMOwens] [n.b. with whatever suffiix said platforms employ, e.g. ".bsky.social" for Blue Sky, etc.] (Chapter number references via the Library of Congress [https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028499.html#:~:text=Table%20of%20Contents%20Chapter%201,46%20The%20Tools%20We%20Have] catalog and The First Law Wiki [https://firstlaw.fandom.com/wiki/Before_They_Are_Hanged].) Send all questions/ comments/ criticisms to FantasyPodOfThe@gmail.com